Thu 18 Feb 2010
Milkymist 0.3 release announcement
Posted by lekernel under English, Projects, code
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It is with great excitement that I am announcing the release of Milkymist 0.3. This release marks a significant milestone for the project: since now, it’s no longer tens of thousands of lines of code for nerds only. It’s also an actual MilkDrop implementation, rendering good-looking visual effects that EVERYBODY can appreciate.
But, see for yourself. If you have a Xilinx ML401 board, grab your JTAG cable and fetch a binary kit from the usual location. See the wiki for setup instructions. Put on some music, turn on random preset selection, and enjoy!
If you don’t have a ML401, here is a video for you to chew on before the Milkymist One boards are available:
(download MP4 file)
On to the technical change log of this release:
- Major TMU redesign (TMU2):
- Improved performance (2-3 times faster)
- Rectangular rendering primitive
- Bilinear texture filtering
- Texture wrapping
- Subpixel texture resolution
- New vertex format
- PFPU modified to support the new TMU vertex format
- Additional MilkDrop features in the demo firmware:
- More wave modes
- Borders
- Motion vectors (experimental)
- Texture wrapping
- Random preset chooser
- Fine-grained decay
If you want to discuss and keep instantly updated about the project, I encourage you to come and idle in the #milkymist channel on the FreeNode IRC network. See this page.
See you there!

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